Ew! Gross! Part 2!

 

Recovered from yesterday?

As promised, prepare yourselves, I will gross you out again today. Listen, my friends these are things you may be unaware of or simply don’t think about. From a gal’s mascara to a guys razor. I plan to arm you with the cold hard facts and you do with them what you will. Without further ado, the gross news begins.

• Makeup, Ladies, especially your mascara and liquid eyeliners. No one loves a dark, damp spaces like infection causing bacteria and no space is as light proof as a closed container of black, gooey makeup. Like it or not bacteria can get in anywhere and they don’t require much as far as oxygen, so no matter how tightly you screw the top on to that tube it is important to regularly change mascaras and eyeliners to avoid eye infections and irritations. You may have noticed that an old mascara changes in smell. Now you know why.
• Razors, Men, you are not excluded in this message. Using the same razor week after week? Where do you think those little hairs go? Not to mention the skin cells you exfoliate. Well sure some of them fall out the back side of the blade area, but a lot actually collects between the blades combining with your soap or shaving cream that helps hold in moisture in those dark, tight spaces. So what is naturally going to move in? You guessed it, bacteria and mildew. You can’t blame them. They have to live somewhere too! Just make sure you replace your razor regularly and you won’t run into each other as often.
• Face Cloths, I guess this goes without saying at this point, but I’ll say it anyway. The cloth you use to wash your face not only removes your excess skin cells, but also mucus particles from around your nose, mouth and eyes. I don’t, I’m sure have to go into all of the specifics. It should be pretty self explanatory by now, but please. Use it once and put it in the wash. You’ll be doing your face a favor.
• Your toothbrush, lastly and perhaps most often overlooked is that thing you use to clean the bacteria out of your mouth everyday. Your toothbrush simply gets rinsed quickly with water and often stashed in a dark cabinet still wet. It is recommended to keep your toothbrush where it can air out well like the counter top and to rinse it thoroughly with hot water after each use. Just be careful! It is also recommended that if that counter is in close quarters with your toilet, lower the lid before you flush (a good habbit to be in anyway to keep some unpleasant things from circulating.)

I have decided to take pity on you and end it here. I promise to wait before giving you gross facts like this again. These are just enough to get you thinking and arm you with good information. Sorry for the creepy facts. Somebody has to do it.

Make it a healthy, fantastic day,

Vicky

Fragrance Ingredients are Exempt from Disclosure in any Product

Would you sniff paint?  Better yet, would you sniff pesticides or cleaning supplies?  No, you don’t think so?   Well, I might beg to differ.  Why you ask?  VOC’s baby!

Did you know that the Food and Drug Administration does not even regulate  “Phthalates”.  Phthalates are mainly used as plasticizers (substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity).  Phthalates are being phased out of many products in the United States, Canada, and European Union over health concerns.

Seem harmful enough so far, sure it does.  Hold onto your hats though folks, it gets better.  I haven’t even begun to discuss or describe what VOC’s are.  “Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids.  VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects”.

Before I get into the health effects, without further delay allow me to share with you where you wil find VOCs.  SCENTED PLUGINS, those little unassuming products that are plugged into your wall can be so much more dangerous than they appear.  In fact, many studies are demonstrating health effects such as.

• Ear, nose and throat issues
• Balance issues
• Liver issues
• Kidney issues
• Nausea and stomach issues

Indeed, the scariest of all the health issues is the fact that some VOCs have been shown to cause cancer in animals and people. “Paradoxically, the largest contributors of VOCs to human exposure (nearly 90 percent) are not the sources traditionally recognized and regulated, but rather sources that are small, close to us, largely unregulated, yet often within our control … such as consumer products and other indoor sources,” from the 2012 Environmental Impact Assessment Report.

The bottom line is this my friends, pull the plug on plugins!  The description of Phthalates and VOCs may seem a bit confusing so here is what we need to remember if it isn’t natural and it smells good more than likely there are VOCs being emitted.

I don’t know about you but it sure scares the heck out of me that the FDA does not regulate these.  If you are going to plug something in that you, your family and friends will be sniffing all day don’t you think the label should tell you what in the world your breathing in?  My answer is just pull the plug on plugins!